Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOOK OF NATURE, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We scarce could doubt our father's power Last Line: By our father's loving hand! Subject(s): Nature | ||||||||
WE scarce could doubt our Father's power, Though his greatness were untold In the sacred record made for us By the prophet-bards of old. We must have felt his watchfulness About us everywhere; Though we had not learned, in the Holy Word, How He keeps us in his care. I almost think we should know his love, And dream of his pardoning grace, If we never had read how the Saviour came, To die for a sinful race. For the sweetest parables of truth In our daily pathway lie, And we read, without interpreter, The writing on the sky. The ravens, fed when they clamor, teach The human heart to trust; And the rain of goodness speaks, as it falls On the unjust and the just. The sunshine drops, like a leaf of gold, From the book of light above; And the lily's missal is written full Of the words of a Father's love. So, when we turn from the sacred page Where the holy record lies, And its gracious plans and promises Are hidden from our eyes; One open volume still is ours, To read and understand; And its living characters are writ By our Father's loving hand! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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